Enhanced Contractile Response of the Basilar Artery to Platelet-Derived Growth Factor in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Yoshihisa Maeda,
Katsuya Hirano,
Mayumi Hirano,
Yuichiro Kikkawa,
Katsuharu Kameda,
Tomio Sasaki,
Hideo Kanaide
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.530196
Subject(s) - medicine , basilar artery , contraction (grammar) , tyrosine phosphorylation , platelet derived growth factor receptor , endocrinology , vasospasm , phosphorylation , subarachnoid hemorrhage , platelet derived growth factor , myosin light chain kinase , growth factor , biology , biochemistry , receptor
The level of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in cerebrospinal fluid is elevated in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Therefore, the contractile effect of PDGF on the basilar artery was examined in SAH.
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